Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wigan Athletic & Bolton Wanderers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic have not come this way in the Carabao Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Hull City. Wigan was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Carabao Cup.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Wigan Athletic's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The DW Stadium.
It's back home for Wigan Athletic, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Charlton Athletic away with the result 2-0. James McClean and Tendayi Darikwa found the net in that victory. Tendayi Darikwa, defender, was given a rating of 8.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Darikwa scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League One home game that ended 1-1 versus Wycombe Wanderers.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan, as the League One home game vs Portsmouth is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Wigan Athletic's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Barnsley in order to reach 2nd round of Carabao Cup. Bolton Wanderers was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 1st round last season.Bolton Wanderers are still undefeated on their travels in the League One. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The supporters enjoyed Wanderers's previous game versus Oxford United, a League One 2-1 win played at home. Oladapo Afolayan got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Afolayan scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times. Wanderers goalie Joel Dixon was high and low in the Oxford United game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Prior to that result Wanderers won their away game at Lincoln City in the League One. The scoreline was 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bolton Wanderers manager I. Evatt as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cambridge United.
4 goals so far away for Bolton Wanderers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Wigan Athletic victories, three draws and three Bolton Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 2 goals | J. Sheehan 2 goals | O. Afolayan 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
- Wigan Athletic
- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- Bolton Wanderers
- Bolton News - (local newspaper)